Sleep Research Society announces 2019 award recipients
Awards showcase accomplishments in scientific research and education DARIEN, IL - The Sleep Research Society (SRS) has selected four outstanding ...
UMN Medical School Researchers discover how to treat diastolic heart failure
Research shows magnesium improves a form of heart failure previously without treatment MINNEAPOLIS, MN- January 10, 2019 - Research out ...
Researchers map previously unknown disease in children
Professor Bente Vilsen from Aarhus University, Denmark, and her research group have mapped out a newly discovered serious disease which ...
Temple receives $100,000 from Stop Alzheimer's Now to conduct groundbreaking study
Credit: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) - Beneath the amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles that ...
Uncovering more options in cancer immunotherapy
High throughput screening platform for small molecules To make it possible for cancer immunotherapy to help more people, think small. ...
Giving Cas9 an 'on' switch for better control of CRISPR gene editing
New CRISPR-Cas9 variants respond to viral and cellular proteasesCredit: UC Berkeley CRISPR-Cas9 is a revolutionary tool in part because of ...
Pressure on food budgets linked to poor mental health for at least 100,000 Danish households
A major study at the University of Copenhagen study reports that food quality is affected when people's food budgets are ...
Bacteria help discover human cancer-causing proteins
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas ...
New dynamic probes for ions interacting with biomolecules
Credit: MBI Berlin Pairs of negatively charged phosphate groups and positive magnesium ions represent a key structural feature of DNA ...
New review shows plant-based diets benefit athletes' heart health, endurance, recovery
WASHINGTON--Meat-free athletes--from tennis champion Venus Williams to Formula 1's Lewis Hamilton to Derrick Morgan of the NFL's Tennessee Titans--have already ...
Chirality in 'real-time'
Credit: M. Oppermann, EPFL In nature, certain molecules with the same chemical composition, can exist in two different shapes that ...
Basel researchers identify drug against the formation of metastasis
Credit: © M Oeggerli / Micronaut 2018, supported by Pathology-, C-CINA / Biozentrum-, and I Krol, and N Aceto, Faculty ...
Murky water keeps fish on edge
A study led by researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies found fish become anxious and ...
Learning about the impact of multiple symptoms in older adults
"Symptoms" is the medical term for any sign of a health problem, even if that sign doesn't help your healthcare ...
Cancer comorbidities reduce clinical trial participation, new SWOG study shows
Credit: SWOG Cancer Research Network + The Hope Foundation for Cancer Research Cancer patients with other illnesses or conditions, such ...
NUS scientists harness machine learning to uncover new insights into the human brain
Study uses non-invasive neuroimaging data to reveal cellular properties of different brain regions, providing a new avenue to examine neurological ...
African-Americans may live longer after liver transplant if their donors are the same race
Journal of the American College of Surgeons study authors report that donor race-matching may aid in future organ allocation CHICAGO ...
How compostable plastic works (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 2019 -- Due to the demands of eco-conscious consumers, manufacturers are making ...
AI approach outperformed human experts in identifying cervical precancer
Algorithm could revolutionize cervical cancer screening, especially in low-resource settings A research team led by investigators from the National Institutes ...
How dangerous is microplastic?
Dr. Natalia Ivleva discusses her research into the analysis of microplasticCredit: Uli Benz / TUM After early reports of microplastic ...
